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==History== | ==History== | ||
=== First contact and conflict === | === First contact and conflict === | ||
[[File:Thargoid ship. | [[File:Thargoid second ship crash.png|thumb|250px|A crashed Thargoid Scout]] | ||
Officially, the first encounters with Thargoids occurred in 3125.<ref name="GNTT">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/57ada8969657baeb6e876c6c Galactic News: The Thargoids]</ref><ref name="DW">[https://canonn.science/lore/drewwagar-the-thargoids/ Canonn Research - Drew Wagar's Lore: The Thargoids]</ref> Accounts surfaced from independent pilots who claimed that they had been pulled out of [[hyperspace]] and attacked by agile, octagonal starships of unknown design and origin. Those who survived the experience were convinced they had encountered an alien species, and named the aliens "Thargoids". As the news spread, leaked [[Federation|Federal]] intelligence reports indicated that the Thargoid attacks were likely provoked by human hostility; colonists in the Veliaze system had apparently come into contact with a Thargoid deputation and assaulted it shortly before the attacks began. Some years later, the Thargoids disappeared as mysteriously as they had arrived.<ref name="GNTT"/> | |||
The events surrounding first contact with the Thargoids were mostly suppressed and forgotten, and by the 3300's the Thargoids themselves were generally regarded as fiction. According to [[Alliance]] [[Alliance Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] [[Edmund Mahon]], who is one of the few individuals with access to surviving records, the [[Intergalactic Naval Reserve Arm]], or INRA, fought a war against the Thargoids and eventually secured victory by deploying a bioweapon against the aliens. The Thargoids retreated, and for many years it was believed they had been driven to extinction or even never truly existed at all.<ref name="EDP">[[Elite Dangerous: Premonition]]</ref> | The events surrounding first contact with the Thargoids were mostly suppressed and forgotten, and by the 3300's the Thargoids themselves were generally regarded as fiction. According to [[Alliance]] [[Alliance Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] [[Edmund Mahon]], who is one of the few individuals with access to surviving records, the [[Intergalactic Naval Reserve Arm]], or INRA, fought a war against the Thargoids and eventually secured victory by deploying a bioweapon against the aliens. The Thargoids retreated, and for many years it was believed they had been driven to extinction or even never truly existed at all.<ref name="EDP">[[Elite Dangerous: Premonition]]</ref> | ||
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====Enter the Basilisks==== | ====Enter the Basilisks==== | ||
[[File:Thargoid Interceptor Basilisk Variant 2.png|thumb|A close-up of a Basilisk Variant]] | |||
On November 13, 3303, the first sightings of a new variant of Thargoid Interceptor, the Basilisk Variant, were reported. Prior to this, only Cyclops Variant Thargoid Interceptors had been encountered. As Basilisk Variants and Cyclops Variants have yet to demonstrate any hostility towards each other, it is unknown if the presence of Basilisk Variants represents an escalation in the ongoing conflict between Thargoids and humans, or the arrival of a second Thargoid faction in the region.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/7cnxqj/threat_6_uss_in_electra_spoilers/ /r/EliteDangerous: Threat 6 USS in Electra]</ref> | On November 13, 3303, the first sightings of a new variant of Thargoid Interceptor, the Basilisk Variant, were reported. Prior to this, only Cyclops Variant Thargoid Interceptors had been encountered. As Basilisk Variants and Cyclops Variants have yet to demonstrate any hostility towards each other, it is unknown if the presence of Basilisk Variants represents an escalation in the ongoing conflict between Thargoids and humans, or the arrival of a second Thargoid faction in the region.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/7cnxqj/threat_6_uss_in_electra_spoilers/ /r/EliteDangerous: Threat 6 USS in Electra]</ref> | ||
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*David Braben hinted that should peace have ever been found with Thargoids, it would be a temporary measure.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous/comments?cursor=1970411#comment-1970410</ref> | *David Braben hinted that should peace have ever been found with Thargoids, it would be a temporary measure.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous/comments?cursor=1970411#comment-1970410</ref> | ||
*It has been rumoured that Thargoids could be capable of building large artificial structures which could possibly be on a scale with planets, and certainly large enough to negate a ship's warp ability.<ref>http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=85034#post85034</ref> | *It has been rumoured that Thargoids could be capable of building large artificial structures which could possibly be on a scale with planets, and certainly large enough to negate a ship's warp ability.<ref>http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=85034#post85034</ref> | ||
*Tourist Spot Beacon 0184 in Lave provides a slightly different account of first contact with the Thargoids, and also explains the origins of the name "Thargoid". As this account conflicts with more recent information, it may not be canon. According to the beacon, the first reported encounters with the Thargoids occurred in [[Galactic Cooperative]] space in the year 2849. In a blurred holo-clip of one encounter, some commentators argued that the term "THARG" was visible on the hull of one alien ship, but this observation was never verified. Nevertheless, the name "Tharg" was soon coined, and was later extended to "Thargoid".<ref>Data taken from Tourist Spot Beacon 0184, Lave system</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/53se4s/first_thargoid_contact_22_beacon/ First Thargoid Contact - 2.2 Beacon]</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Elite Dangerous Unknown Ship HD.png|A Thargoid Interceptor in Elite Dangerous | Elite Dangerous Unknown Ship HD.png|A Thargoid Interceptor Cyclops Variant in ''Elite Dangerous'' | ||
Thargoid ship.gif|A Thargoid ship in ''Frontier: First Encounters'' | |||
Thargoids-Return-Message.png|Thargoids Return message | Thargoids-Return-Message.png|Thargoids Return message | ||
Thargoid-and-Diamondback-Ships.png|Thargoid and Diamondback ships | Thargoid-and-Diamondback-Ships.png|Thargoid and Diamondback ships | ||
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Thargoid-Surface-Site.png|Thargoid Surface Site | Thargoid-Surface-Site.png|Thargoid Surface Site | ||
Thargoid Surface Site Scavenger close.png|A Scavenger | Thargoid Surface Site Scavenger close.png|A Scavenger | ||
Thargoid Interceptor Basilisk Variant.png|A Thargoid Interceptor Basilisk Variant | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||